Universe Sandbox ² Alpha 17 Now Available

Alpha 17 | Star Glows & the Likelihood of Life

Alpha 17 introduces better looking star glows, a new Halley’s Comet simulation, and two values which show how similar a planet is to Earth and the speculative chance of it forming basic life. There’s also a “Make Pulsar” tool, better crash handling and reporting, and some bug fixes.

We’ve made good progress so far, and already have a very rough implementation that we are working with. With that said, it is very difficult to give an estimate because there is still a lot to do, and there are likely some obstacles which we don’t know about yet. Sorry we can’t give a timeframe yet, but it is a high priority for us and we are working hard on it.